,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjai,ms4  
,blunt ,rochester introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,trade ,act of    
#aigd to provide adjustment assistance  
to farmers adversely affected by reduced
 exports resulting from tariffs imposed 
as retaliation for ,united ,states      
tariff increases1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,trade ,assistance  
for ,farmers ,act of #bjai4  #b4        
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,in recognition that trade policy
 can result in disparate and disruptive 
changes to the economy1 the ,trade      
,adjustment ,assistance program was     
enacted to help workers adversely       
impacted by the trade policy decisions  
of the ,federal ,government4  7#b7 ,the 
,trump ,administration has made clear   
that it intends to aggressively use     

,federal trade statutes1 including      
section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion   
,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb71    
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa71 and potentially 
the ,international ,emergency ,economic 
,powers ,act 7,public ,law #ie-bbc71 to 
increase tariffs on selected imports4   
7#c7 ,foreign countries affected by such
 tariff increases have1 as of the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 already  
raised tariffs on ,united ,states       
agricultural exports or have indicated  
that they intend to respond by raising  
tariffs on such agricultural exports4   
7#d7 ,increased tariffs on such         
agricultural exports threaten to cost   
,united ,states agricultural producers  
global market share and reduce the      
income of producers of affected         
commodities4  7#e7 ,farmers adversely   
impacted by these effects deserve       
adjustment assistance4  #c4 ,adjustment 
assistance for retaliatory tariff       
increases ,section #bib7;c7 of the      

,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     
#bdja;a7c77 is amended--  7#a7 by       
striking paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and  
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#a7  
the following3  7#b7 either-- 7,a7 the  
volume of imports of articles like1 or  
directly competitive with1 the          
agricultural commodity produced by the  
group in the marketing year with respect
 to which the group files the petition  
increased compared to the average volume
 of such imports during the #c marketing
 years preceding such marketing year2 or
  7,b7  7i7 the volume of exports of the
 agricultural commodity produced by the 
group in the marketing year with respect
 to which the group files the petition  
decreased compared to the average volume
 of such exports during the #c marketing
 years preceding such marketing year2   
and  7ii7 the decrease in exports       
described in clause 7i7 resulted in     
whole or in part from tariffs imposed on
 such exports by a foreign country in   
response to ,united ,states tariffs     

imposed on imports from such country    
pursuant to action taken under the      
authority of--  7,i7 section #bcb of the
 ,trade ,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai   
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb72  7,,ii7 section #cja  
of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai        
,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa72 or  7,,iii7 the       
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7,public ,law #ie-bbc72 and
  7#c7 the increase in imports under    
subparagraph 7,b77i7 or the decrease in 
exports under subparagraph 7,b77ii7     
contributed importantly to the decrease 
in the national average price1 quantity 
of production1 or value of production   
of1 or cash receipts for1 the           
agricultural commodity1 as described in 
paragraph 7#a74  4